Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 6 Winnipeg free press. Wednesday. June 24. 1981 Winnipeg free press Freedom of Trade Equality of civil rights Liberty of religion published and printed six Days a week at 300 Carton Street. Winnipeg r3c 3ct by Canadian newspapers company limited Telephone 943-9331 Donald Nicol published John Dafoe editorial Page Edilio Murray bur1 Maria tiny editor the bold Energy minister editorials whatever else May be said about Energy minister Marc Lalonde there is no denying the Man s boldness. Having incurred the ire of Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia with his National Energy program he now promises to create a storm in Quebec. The draft Bill the minister tabled in the commons this week which is mainly intended to implement some of the More arbitrary aspects of his National Energy program contains one provision which has already produced an outraged response from Quebec s Premier Rene Levesque. That provision would permit the expropriation of Power line corridors through a province in the same Way pipeline right of Way is secured. That is something Newfoundland s Premier Brian Peck Ford has been demanding for a Long time. If the legislation is Ever passed and Ever used it would enable Newfoundland to escape from the stranglehold which Quebec now applies to its Hydro resources. Quebec at the moment refuses to permit Power generated in Labrador to be transmitted across its territory for Sale in the United states. It insists that the Newfoundland Power be sold to Quebec Hydro which is then free to Export Power to the . Since Quebec is the Only land Bridge to potential customers for Labrador Power that gives Quebec a dominant bargaining position when Newfoundland seeks to develop the immense Hydro resources in Labrador. That dominance has already helped Quebec negotiate one of the most one sided Energy deals in Canadian history. It gives Quebec virtually All the Power produced at Churchill Falls in Labrador until the year 2040 at a Price which is one tenth the Cost of producing new Power in Labrador. The proposed new legislation would not Amend that Deal but it could ensure that in future Newfoundland could reach markets for Labrador Power without being held hostage by the principle behind the legislation is sound there is no reason Why the transmission of electricity should be treated differently from the transmission of other forms of Energy. The politics of the proposal Are Clever because they permit Ottawa to claim that the vast Powers it is seeking under the National Energy program will be used to protect the weak against the Strong. The legislation could even have an effect in Manitoba. If Saskatchewan should continue to drag its heels on the proposed Western Power Grid the Federal government could presumably seize a right of Way for lines to transmit Manitoba Power to Alberta. All those prospects Are at Best highly speculative. The Bill tabled by the government is Only a draft which is open to amendment before it is formally introduced in parliament next autumn. Even if it does eventually become Law the prospects of the sections dealing with Power lines Ever being used Are Remote. No Federal government is Likely to risk the political storm it would face of it sought to push Power tines across the territory of an unwilling provincial government. Or. Lalonde himself has stressed his preference for a negotiated solution to inter provincial disputes Over Power transmission. If the new club he has Given himself encourages a More even handed approach to negotiation it will have fulfilled its purpose. Chaos at the school Board Winnipeg school trustees have been advised to appoint Well qualified senior administrators give them clearly de fined responsibilities and then Stop harassing them. The administrators in turn have been advised to keep the Board fully informed on the costs incurred and the results achieved programs and policies it adopts. The report of j. Steward Martin containing these recommendations cannot be swallowed whole. The Quality of its grammar suggests that its authors should be attending schools rather than studying their administration. Their wish to see the school division run like a company with the trustees As directors the superintendent As president and the schools As the production line is pure fantasy. But nuggets of sound common sense can be extracted from the Ore. The consultant s main complaint in his final report As in his preliminary report last year is that lines of responsibility at school division Headquarters Are unclear. The trustees Are unwilling to Delegate authority to the superintendent. Among senior administrators it is not Clear who is in charge of what. The Headquarters staff is dominated by educators and is Short of people whose training and background would Lead them to compare critically the funds invested in a project with the results it produces. Trustees lacking Confidence in the administrators Are constantly hanging Over their Shoul Ders and meddling in what should be routine administrative matters. School trustees can never take the detached approach of corporate directors whose sole responsibility is to maintain the value of their stockholders investment. The Public holds the trustees responsible not Only for the level of school taxes but for the Way the school system operates. But the present system in the Winnipeg division where no one is in charge of anything leads to absurdities such As the addition of portable classrooms to some schools which Are crowded with French immersion pupils while others which have not enough pupils to justify their continued operation Are kept open. Leaving aside the extra costs the Winnipeg division incurs for special education and for inner City programs its per Pupil Cost is still significantly above those of neighbouring suburban divisions. The Quality of education May also be higher. But sound Public administration should oblige some one to put a Price tag on for example keeping Ashland school open or employing one teacher for every 15 pupils and to show Why that expense is justified. The present administrative incoherence allows those decisions to disappear into a Haze of committees subcommittees consultations and re considerations. The division now has a former superintendent who remains on staff with unspecified other functions a part time interim superintendent a full time executive assistant to the superintendent and a Phalanx of sub superintendents. No firm leadership can be expected while that deepening chaos continues. The search is on for a regular full time superintendent. The successful candidate should be Given a Clear mandate to run the division and to defend his subordinates from trustees meddling. Candidates for the superintendency should in fairness be issued copies of or. Martin s report As a hint of what they May be getting into and an indication of the authority they should demand. The example of the Charr those rebellious senators senator Maurice Lamontagne is perfectly right. It is scandalous How the country ignores the thoughtful speeches that Are occasionally delivered on the floor of the Senate. He Hack made a speech in the upper chamber last week on inflation and interest rates. News stories about it were published however Only after he called a press conference this week to repeat what he had said. Sen. Lamontagne had the misfortune to be overshadowed by the Senate Story of the month the announcement of a conspiracy among 13 senators to break away from party discipline seat themselves As a distinct group of independents and Start voting according to their consciences especially against the Trudeau government s plans for the Constitution. The announcement came Complete with a manifesto on the role of the Senate and the names of the 13 members of the group together with a hint that they might soon grow to 16. All that was missing was an enumeration of the occasions when those senators had in the past voted against their consciences. Unfortunately for sen. Jean Paul deschatelets who announced the formation and intentions of the group it began to Wither As soon As Daylight fell on it. Prince Edward Island Liberal senator Mark Bonnell announced that he was still As Liberal As Ever had not spoken to sen. Deschatelets and was not part of the group. Sen. Florence Inman another . Liberal announced that she wanted to change seats Only because severe arthritis made it difficult for her to reach the seat she had occupied. Sen. Donald Cameron Independent Liberal from Alberta said he had no wish to sit with the rest of the group. Sen. Edward Lawson Liberal from British Columbia said he still supports the government s constitutional package is not part of a dissident group and does not wish to sit with them. Ray Perrault government Leader in the Senate said that sen. Deschatelets himself had just paid his to renew his membership in the Liberal caucus which is an Odd Way to go about breaking party ties. Sen deschatelets has gallantly refused to name the people who set him up As front Man for the Baker s dozen which has now shrunk to perhaps ten. But the Little exercise provides part of the explanation for s problem. The upper chamber is ignored because most of the time it deserves to be ignored. Its members cannot even carry off a conspiracy properly. They have not mastered the Elemen tary political skill of counting Heads. The Canadian Senate in its present form cannot be taken seriously to such a Point that a speech delivered there has to be repeated elsewhere before anyone listens. Sen. Lamontagne has provided an example. Sen. Deschatelets has provided an explanation. The Arctic Charr is a Cousin of the Salmon and Trout a fish for gourmets prize when available in Plush restau rants in the world. It has a delicate flavor and an exotic Appeal to High class diners because of its origin in the Arctic. It is also of such great interest to scientists and biologists that it was the subject of an International symposium last month at the University of Manitoba. Fit of pique the common spelling is Char with one a but biologists now turn to the original two is. In the late 1800s two scientists of the British museum of natural history developed a Strong aversion to one another s opinions. One scientist sir Francis Day out of pique used the one r from 1887 and it stuck. The Charr is streamlined with a dark Green Back shading to Silvery sides and belly and Pink spots on the sides. It lives in Freshwater lakes and Rivers on frontiers close to the limits of exis tence. Of All the Freshwater reports the Federal Freshwater Institute Here it is the one which is most adapted to the habitat of the like other fish but More so Charr can fast Over 240 Days of Winter weather lose Only 14 per cent of weight and seem As healthy As Ever. There s relatively Little says or. Lionel Johnson a biologist at the Freshwater Institute who has been studying the Charr with great respect and admiration the past 20 years. What is most interesting about the Charr however is the example it can set for Man says or. Johnson. Charr practice restraint and con serve food and Energy to survive. Says or. Johnson who views in Tiftic work with a. Philosophical out look world if let alone operates by natural order. It is when Man inter Venes that the orders disrupted some times irreparably. It seems that the chief business of men and women would be to discover that order and govern themselves the Charr have fashioned their own Val Werier order in a communal Way of life. They react to the hostile environment by making certain that everyone gets his fair share of food. They achieve a uniform size regardless of age. Other fish May grow bigger with age but Charr quit growing after a certain size according to the sustenance of the Lake. In Small landlocked lakes their aver age uniform size May be one half to three quarters of a Pound in weight and 14 inches in length. The age for this size May vary from seven to 24 years. They also have some control Over their own population which or. Johnson has not been Able to fathom. When heavy exploitation such As overfishing is imposed on the Charr says or. Johnson it is apparent that it is not a Mere group of individuals but rather an integrated unit Community. It is almost As though they recognize the danger to their survival and act to their Mutual no gluttons if they Are Over fished the survivors do not become gluttons with More food available. They maintain the same population says or. Johnson and Don t break out into rapid growth. This is a Puzzle to me and a very unexpected result of my other fish May have a Community design but it is easier to detect among the Charr because they Are the sole species in Many Arctic lakes. So you almost have a Laboratory system there. You can see How it behaves without the confounding effects of other one crucial Experiment was at Nel son Lake an area of 100 acres on Cornwallis Island which like other lakes has never been fished. An Exten Sive sampling was conducted in 1962, and again in 1980. The Lake was exactly in the same says or. Johnson. There was no change in the average size inches or the average age 15.2 years. The oldest Charr in the Lake was 24 examine rings in most fish age is determined by examining the rings on a scale with a Microscope in the Charr the rings Are in the Otolith part of the balance Organ in the ear. In some lakes there is no uniformity of size because of an aberration in Charr life. Here some Charr become cannibals and lord it Over the others and become big. But on the whole Charr Don t eat too much. Life is not Bountiful in the arc says or. Johnson. Most Small Northern lakes Are land locked. Charr with Access to the sea do Migrate to feed in the summer. They put on weight but Here too the Popula Tion achieves a uniform size of about seven pounds. Or. Johnson admits his views on the interaction of the Charr have faced considerable opposition from other scientists. Other scientists have questioned the growth pattern theory and or. Johnson s conclusions on Community interaction of the Charr. However he sees a natural order in the uniform size and interaction among the individual fish. Exactly How this interaction functions is not known but it seems vital to the survival of the species. If the individual Charr in creased his rate of consumption the larger fish would compete for food More aggressively. This would be self destructive. Rather the individual Charr seems to reduce consumption to a level com Mon to the i Benefit of says or. Johnson. In this Man the conspicuous consumer can learn from the Charr. Outlaw sniffing the june 2 ruling by provincial court judge Winston Norton invalidating the City of Winnipeg s anti sniff bylaw is tantamount to giving a Hawker s License to merchants preying on the drug addiction of Young children. Al too frequently sniff is involved in crimes a 40-year-old Man who gave solvents to four girls aged 12 to 15 in Exchange for sex was sentenced to seven years free press May a 19-year-old youth was convicted for holding his four nieces and nephews aged two to eight at knife Point for two hours while sniffed up free press May just like heroin or cocaine or Ltd solvents can produce bizarre behaviour with terrifying consequences. The Sale of any substance that has devastating physical effects and that can drive a 12-year-old to prostitution must be condemned As a criminal offence. The Law punishes narcotics traffickers and dope pushers but not sniff pedlar. This inequity is tragic and must be Recti fied. I sincerely Hope that the merchants will demonstrate their social con science by continuing to operate As though the bylaw were still in effect. For those who abuse the ruling by putting solvents Back on the shelves in Pursuit of the almighty Buck it is the children and ultimately our society who lose. We Are pumping million into the Core area initiative program to improve the physical and social Environ ment of our inner City. Surely we must ensure that Selling sniff a substance that destroys the bodies minds and souls of our children is outlawed. Ray Pelletier president Winnipeg boys and girls clubs inc. Winnipeg letters the Winnipeg free press welcomes tellers irom readers. Writers must give their name and address. The author s name will be used and letters Are subject to editing. Different Ball game not this reporter up picnic sniffing leads to prostitution i would like to commend up rail on the 100th anniversary of its family Day picnic held on june 14. Although there were approximately people there everything was very Well organized. There was an overabundance of free food drinks prizes entertainment and rides. Many people worked very hard to make this Day a Success and i am sure All who attended had As Good a time As we did. Mrs. Christine Ranick Winnipeg yellow cake Whan Paul Sullivan called me to ask for information about yellow cake in connection with the recent shipment through Winnipeg i told him that since atomic Energy of Canada limited decl did not mine or process uranium i could not give him information that we had developed. However i did have information about yellow cake from the report of the Cluff Lake Board Olin Quiry in Saskatchewan. That inquiry which was primarily to decide whether an application to develop a uranium mine at Cluff Lake should be approved also heard evidence and came to some conclusions regarding the shipment of yellow cake. The com Mittee under the chairmanship of or. Justice . Bayda sat through 67 Days of formal hearings. In that time 138 witnesses Many of them International experts in their Fields produced pages of testimony with 337 Hexhi letters papers reports Etc. Not All the testimony supported the development. Mathematician or. Rosalie Bertell might not have agreed either had she been asked to testify. But the Job of an inquiry is not to please everyone. Rather it is to weigh the evidence to draw conclusions and to make recommendations. The committee s comments on the hazards associated with the handling and transportation of yellow cake were delivered to the free press the Day Paul Sullivan s article appeared. To answer the question posed in his column is the uranium shipment due in town tomorrow the following two paragraphs from that material deserve Reading d the main Hazard from uranium when chemically extracted from its Ore is its chemical toxicity should it enter the body. We heard evidence concern ing the necessary precautions in ship Ping yellow cake the applicable regulations and the experience of nine reported accidents in the shipment of chemical concentrates and uranium compounds Over the past 20 years. None of these led to any known injury to persons. We see no reason for Mak ing any special recommendations in this respect. D the chief potential Hazard of Yel Lowake results from the chemical toxicity of uranium. This toxicity is not High however compared to Many other materials which Are commonly used. Should there be an Accident or spill during transport to the refinery the yellow cake could be readily Reco Vered since it is a solid. The hazards would be very much less than those resulting from similar accidents involving substances such As chlorine pesticides or herbicides Many of which Are More highly toxic and More readily dispersed As liquids or metro Dmytriw Public affairs atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Pinawa Man. Everywhere seniors Are on the move. None in this Rich land need to be destitute. Today we seniors Are better off than our forefathers for we can live adequately if not sumptuously on our pensions even without other sources of income. The aged today Are subsidized in Many ways. If we wish to live in our own Home the tax credit is a help or for those who pay rent if needed provincial funds Are provided. There Are government funded organizations that Deal Only with the Well being recreation and continuing Edu cation of the elderly. At one time it was a different Ball game. There were no pensions for the senior citizens and everyone had to pay his own doctor Bills. At that time people had to save for their old age. Not everyone succeeded and they had to rely on their children or some relative to look after them once they were incapable of working. I remember when the first member of our Church congregation received his pension Cheque he was Over 70 years of age. His first government Cheque was for and was considered enough to live on for one month. It was consid ered a great event at the time even though few people reached the age of 70 to claim it. Let us Hope that the administrators of the Canada pension plan will remember that the children and adults of today will become the seniors of Tomor Row and let us Pray that the escalating Cost of living will not outstrip the increases in pensions by too much. Elly Heber Winnipeg la Bob Wilson s letter in the june 10 edition of the free press makes it appear i Brian wrote the mis leading Story Stony Mountain Penitentiary a perfect 10, which got him in trouble with the inmates there. In fact i merely asked or. Wilson the question which formed part of your reporter s Story. My Story which i believe correctly interpreted or. Wil son appeared in the Globe and mail. To set the record straight when a number of reporters were present in the Law courts building i asked or. Wilson on a scale of one to 10, How would you rate Stony and heading or. Wilson replied that if Stony were 10, then heading Ley would be four and the City lock up minus one or worse. Or. Wilson s grievance with the free press i believe is legitimate. Brian gory Winnipeg True problems the Issue of Patria Tion of the British North America act is a red hot Issue. However a Canadian Constitution entrenching rights for minority canadians will in no Way solve the More pressing problems facing our nation. The Cost of living continues to Rise unemployment and now interest rates Are so High that average canadians can Only dream of owning their own Home. I would urge members of parliament to remember their responsibilities and put their minds to work on the True problems facing the citizens of Canada. . Settee Winnipeg ;